The socialist society hosts regular educational and social events in Canterbury, Wellington, and Otago. Our events are open to all and free to attend.
December 12, 2023 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
WSS Presents – It’s Not You, It’s Me: Seeing the Real Problems in New Zealand Politics
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
For our last educational event of 2023, the Wellington Socialist Society are happy to host Danyl McLauchlan, one of Aotearoa’s…
December 5, 2023 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
WSS Screening: The Dupes, 1972
Events, Film Screening, Wellington
Come along to the first WSS Film Screening in a long while next Tuesday. The Dupes is Tewfik Saleh's adaptation…
November 14, 2023 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Lives in the Labour Movement: Pat Hickey, Jim Anderton, and Helen Kelly
Events, Panel Discussion, Wellington
In this panel discussion, the Wellington Socialist Society brings together three biographers of influential labour movement figures in Aotearoa. Two…
October 21, 2023 12:00 am-October 23, 2023 12:00 am
Federation of Socialist Societies 2023 Conference
Canterbury, Events, Otago, Wellington
Federation of Socialist Societies 2023 Conference Registration The New Zealand Federation of Socialist Societies is holding our first conference…
October 14, 2023 6:00 pm-10:00 pm
Election Night Watch Party
Events, Open Discussion, Open Discussion, Wellington
“And if universal suffrage had offered no other advantage than that it allowed us to count our numbers every three…
October 14, 2023 4:00 pm-5:30 pm
Wellington Socialist Society AGM 2023
To all members, This is the date for the Wellington Socialist Society Annual General Meeting for 2023. The AGM is…
September 12, 2023 6:00 pm-8:30 pm
Confronting Fascism: Socialist Knowledge and the Far-Right in Interwar Europe
Events, Public Lecture, Wellington
“Fascism attempts to organize the newly created proletarian masses without affecting the property structure which the masses strive to eliminate.…
July 12, 2023 6:00 pm
CSS Public Lecture – They Rule: How capital dominates politics today
"The executive of the modern state is nothing but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie."…
June 22, 2023 6:00 pm
Supplementary Questions – WSS Presents A Public Conversation with Chloe Swarbrick
Kia ora, neighbours. The Wellington Socialist Society brings to you, the good people of Wellington, a bonus event this June.…
June 14, 2023 6:30 pm
CSS Public Lecture: Anarchism for Dummies
Canterbury, Events, Panel Discussion
Following the success of our first 'Socialism for Dummies' event earlier this year, the CSS brings you round two ...…
June 13, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
WSS Public Panel: Social Democracy – Then & Now
"Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and assembly, without a free struggle of opinion, life dies out in…
May 9, 2023 6:00 pm-8:00 pm
WSS Public Lecture – Lessons from the Picket Line
"But as soon as the workers discover that their interests are common, that they are all opposed to the exploiter,…